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Fire warning after families caught using disposable barbecues on Marsden moor

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For the latest Oldham news sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A family sparked a fire alert after being caught using a disposable barbecue on the boundary between moors in Saddleworth and Huddersfield.

Firefighters have issued a warning following the discovery on Bank Holiday Monday (May 31), in an area already hit by moorland blazes this year.

The incident follows the re-launch of a campaign by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to raise awareness about the danger of lighting disposable barbecues.

A crew from Slaithwaite Fire Station turned out to Easter Gate, Marsden - near the site of a major moorland blaze in 2019 - to extinguish the barbecue.

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